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Topic: Keep your net afloat.....  (Read 3893 times)

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mooch

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remove bottom cover of the handle and stuff with styrofoam peanuts - seal - and you're good to go....


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« Last Edit: February 22, 2006, 03:26:57 PM by Mooch »


KZ

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Just don't use the "corn starch" packing peanuts... they dissolve in water.  Check them first... :smt002
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SteveS doesn't kayak anymore

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hey mooch!  I used that expando foam insulation stuff- same technique, tighter fit.

I figure if I can't fix it with bailing wire, vice grips, duct tape, gorilla glue, or expando foam its too complicated for my life.


jmairey

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I put pool noodle around my net, my gaff, my paddle, and on my rods (had to split and glue+ziploc).
john m. airey


mooch

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I put pool noodle around my net, my gaff, my paddle, and on my rods (had to split and glue+ziploc).

your Paddle? It should float on it's own  :smt017


jmairey

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mooch, I got my eskimo aleut paddle. it's made of cherry. it'll float but not real high.
I want it to be more visible. But I might have got carried away with the pool noodle
there a bit!
john m. airey


Gowen4bigfish

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Mooch good tip on that net keep them coming guy's  :smt001

 by the way I could have used that one about the zipper in the farmer-john  much sooner than I got it  :smt002


mklein

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I bought 3 pool noodles over the web...at least one will be hacked up for shit.

I cut a 5" or so length off and slid it over my Shakespeare fiberglass billy club/rod. Floats great.

Good idea about stuffing inside handle of net...cleaner design. I will prob' just cut off a thick "strip" and stuff it in my handle too...


promethean_spark

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I use pieces of pool noodles for crab bouys and anchor floats.  They float well and are high vis.  I also slotted one and used it for the pads on my kayak kart.  They're pretty useful.
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